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Tag Archives: conservation
More than the humble yabbie: conserving Australia’s freshwater crayfish
Australia has nearly a quarter of the world’s 600 freshwater crayfish species, but we lag far behind in conserving them (and other invertebrates). Over at Decision Point, Qaecologist Lucie Bland shines a bright light on these fascinating yet neglected species, and discusses … Continue reading
Posted in Decision Point, Qaecologists
Tagged Biodiversity, climate change, conservation, Decision Point
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Qaeco Highlights from #ICCB2015 — the International Congress for Conservation Biology
It’s Spring in sunny Melbourne, and many Qaecologists are returning from what’s becoming an annual migration north to Montpellier, in France. This year, #ICCB2015 – the 27th International Congress for Conservation Biology and 4th European Congress for Conservation Biology; in … Continue reading
Posted in Conference, Events, Qaecologists
Tagged conference, conservation, ICCB2015
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Victorian National Parks Association interviews Libby Rumpf
As part of the National Science Week 2015, the Victorian National Parks Association is celebrating Victorian scientists who are dedicated in understanding natural environments and finding solutions to conservation problems. Our very own Libby Rumpf is highlighted in an article by Tim Reynolds which can be found here. If you … Continue reading
QAECO’s favourite ecology and conservation papers of 2014
We asked everyone at QAECO to name their favourite ecology, conservation and decision science papers of 2014. The list shows our diverse interests including models and monitoring, fire and frogs, botany and biodiversity and invasions and indices. Here’s what we … Continue reading
Posted in Qaecologists, Reading Group, Uncategorized
Tagged conservation, ecology, papers
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Saving the most species at #uomOpenDay
How should you invest $20 million to save the most species from extinction? That was the challenge we put to visitors to The University of Melbourne Open Day. You can take the challenge too! It is a difficult problem; programs … Continue reading
Socially-acceptable conservation planning: how can we integrate biological and social values to improve conservation?
By Rachael Vorwerk, Amy Whitehead and Heini Kujala (This article was first published in the July 2014 issue of Decision Point, The Monthly Magazine of the Environmental Decisions Group) Understanding how society perceives and values different areas is important for … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Decision Point, post-docs
Tagged Biodiversity, conservation, research, science, social values, spatial prioritisation, Zonation
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Halting the spread of cane toads
By Reid Tingley & Darren Southwell Cane toads are one of the worst invasive species in Australia. Introduced to Queensland in 1935 as a biological control agent, the toads have spread at a formidable pace across northern Australia, and have had … Continue reading
Posted in ARC-CEED
Tagged Biology, CEED, conservation, ecology, Environment, Frogs, invasive species, management, modelling, science
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